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Barry Stavro ranks the 30 teams. Last week's ranking in parentheses, statistics are through Friday's games:
1. GOLDEN STATE: Warriors keep rolling, their 24-2 record at home is the best in the league. (1)
2. MEMPHIS: Mike Conley, never an All-Star, is...

The Houston Rockets needed a spark against the Toronto Raptors to bounce back from a loss to Dallas in which they were so lethargic that coach Kevin McHale said it looked like they were wearing "mud shoes."
Corey Brewer provided that spark, coming off...

Russell Westbrook almost made history Sunday, scoring the second-most points in All-Star game history as the Western Conference held off the East, 163-158.
Westbrook had 41 points, one fewer than Wilt Chamberlain scored in 1962, and was an easy choice...

The Clippers are 54 games into their 82-game season with a record of 35-19.
They are in sixth place in the Western Conference, 8 1/2 games behind the first-place Golden State Warriors (42-9), but only 1 1/2 games behind the third-place Portland Trail...

The fans may be irate, but the Lakers made the right call in holding pat on Thursday at the NBA's annual trade deadline.
Almost 40 players changed teams, more if future draft picks are taken into consideration. Even the Lakers' obligation to the...

DeAndre Jordan has shot 54 free throws over the last two games, a stat that a reporter pointed out to him after the Clippers' 119-115 win Thursday over the San Antonio Spurs.
Jordan's response: "Fifty-four? I don't want to know how many I made."...

The shaping of the 76ers took a mind-boggling turn Thursday.
In a series of moves before the 3 p.m. trade deadline, the team parted with the reigning rookie of the year in point guard Michael Carter-Williams and standout rookie shooting guard K.J....

With $18.4 million in cap space available, Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie was looking to take on salary and add picks in NBA trade-deadline deals.
Hinkie did that and more Thursday.
After acquiring big man JaVale McGee and Oklahoma City's...

According to multiple reports, point guard Goran Dragic would like a trade from the Phoenix Suns before the Thursday's noon trade deadline.
Dragic will earn $7.5 million this season and has a player option on his next season, which also pays him $7.5...

In an earlier era of sports and technology, the basketball game at Portland's Rose Garden on April 7, 2012, would be lost to history and the fickle memories of its participants and observers, its details buried inside a filing cabinet of microfilm...

The answer to where the Miami Heat are headed could come as early as Saturday, with the Heat resuming their schedule with a back-to-back set that opens Friday at Madison Square Garden against New York Knicks and continues with a Saturday home game against...